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Icarus, in Greek mythologyIcarus: see Daedalus Daedalus (dĕd`ələs), in Greek mythology, craftsman and inventor...... Click the link for more information. . Icarus, in astronomyIcarus, in astronomy: see asteroid asteroid, planetoid, or minor planet, small body orbiting the sun. More than 10,000 asteroids have orbits sufficiently well known to have been cataloged and named; thousands more exist...... Click the link for more information. . Icarus [‚ik·ə·rəs] (astronomy) An asteroid with a highly eccentric orbit (eccentricity of 0.827) that crosses the earth's orbit and takes the asteroid to only 0.187 astronomical units from the sun, closer than Mercury. Icarus Daedalus’s son whose wings disintegrated in flight when approaching the sun. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 126] See : Flying Icarus artificial wings destroyed by flying too close to sun. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 126] See : Rashness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Air Jamaica, Icaro and Aerolitoral bring membership to 32 carriers. See Peter Wade, Music, Race and Nation: Musica Tropical in Columbia (Chicago, 2000), Ciro Quiroz Otero, Vallenato, hombre y canto (Bogota: Icaro Editores, 1983). Member Airlines: Aerolitoral, Aeromexico, Aeropostal, AeroRepublica, Aerosur, Aires, Air Jamaica, Aserca Airlines, Avianca, Caribbean Star, Caribbean Sun, Cayman Airways, Cielos Airlines, Click, Copa Airlines, Cubana, GOL, Icaro, LAB, LAN, LanEcuador, LanPeru, Mexicana, Pluna, Santa Barbara Airlines, Sky Airline, TACA, TACA Peru, TAM, TAM Mercosur, TAME and Varig. |
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